Ceramics & Oxides
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Advanced Ceramic Tools for Machining Application - III
Recent advances in ceramic science and technology have given rise to a new generation of high-performance ceramic cutting-tools which have an improved strength, hardness, toughness, wear resistance, thermal shock resistance and creep strength. These advances have resulted in better workpiece quality, improved tool-life or reliability, lower production costs, improved productivity, and have facilitated the machining of new or special alloys. -
Polymer Blends and Polymer Composites
In recent years significant progress has been made in many areas of polymer blend and polymer matrix composite science and technology. This volume comprises a selection of refereed papers which cover the state-of-the-art, and predict future trends in polymer blend and composite research; including established, as well as innovative, applications and new directions for these novel materials. -
Advances in High-Tc Superconductors
This book points out the most recent developments in the young and exciting field of high-temperature superconductors. The contributed papers cover a large variety of different aspects of these materials, such as physical and chemical properties, fabrication and processing technology, probing techniques and device technology. -
European Powder Diffraction
The power of powder diffraction - the diffraction analysis of polycrystalline specimens - is shown again convincingly in these Proceedings of the Second European Powder Diffraction Conference EPDIC 2. -
Euro Ceramics V
Comprising more than 580 papers, the aim of this 3-volume set is to provide the reader with a comprehensive overview of the relevant trends in the research and development of all aspects of ceramics. It will constitute an excellent reference source for every researcher working in the field. -
Synthesis and Characterization of High-Tc Superconductors
This collection of papers describes the synthesis, properties, characteristics and applications of the recently discovered high-temperature superconductors. Results of research activities around the world are presented. -
Atomic Structures of High-Tc Superconductors
This two-volume set contains 153 papers which constitute the Proceedings of the International Conference on Diffusion in Materials, held in Kyoto, Japan. 174 scientists from 55 countries registered for this conference. -
Ceramic and Metal Matrix Composites
"Ceramic and Metal Matrix Composites" provide an update on this field, and identifies new problem areas. Newcomers will find that it provides a sound basis for learning how inorganic matrix composite materials are made and how they behave. A total of 148 articles cover practically every area of current interest within the ambit of CMCs and MMCs. -
Electrical Properties of Oxide Materials
The increasing interest in the use of electrical techniques for the characterisation of material properties indicates the need for a book in which the most important issues in this area are addressed. Consequently, the aim of this volume is to provide a comprehensive description of the electrical techniques used in studies of the semiconducting properties of materials based upon ionic solids, principally metal oxides. A second aim is to present an updated review of the most important data on the defect-related properties of ionic solids, such as the transport of charge or matter, and their electrochemistry in an accessible form. -
Advanced Ceramic Materials
In spite of the very great progress made in ceramic science, and the elegance and excitement of the research which has been performed, the real driving force for developments in ceramics remains their potential applications. The opportunity for dramatic scientific advances was certainly one reason for the "ceramic fever" of a decade ago, but there is also no doubt that the prediction of an annual market for fine ceramics, amounting to 6 billion Yen played a role.